Heating apparatus for outdoor closets.



' No. 798,625. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905.

E. O. REED. HEATING APPARATUS FOR OUTDOOR OLOSETS.

AYPLIOATION FILED MAB..2.1905.

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EMh IE'I O. REED, OF SALEM, WISCONSIN HEATING APPARATUS FOR OUTDOOR CLOSETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,160.

-1t, surrounded by flanges 5, adapted to engage Be it known that I, EuMn'r 0. Reno, a citij apertures 6 in the upper portion of the cap. zen of the United States, residing at Salem, in i the county of Kenosha and State of \Yisconsin, have invented a new and useful Heat1ngAp paratus for Outdoor (,Jlosets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating apparatus for outdoor closets; and it has for its object to present a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness, and general efii ciency.

\Vith these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of embodiment of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations, and modifications to which recourse may be had within the scope of the invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the efficiency of the same.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved heating device applied in position for operation. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through the cap of the heater and one of the pipes connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of one of the spreaders, showing the same partly in section.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

In the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the drawings a heater 1 is employed which may bean ordinary oil-lamp or lampstove of suitable dimensions. Suitably supported upon said heater in such a manner as to admit of the free influx of air at the bottom thereof is a cap 2, preferably of invertedfunnel shape and having suitably connected with the upper portion thereof a plurality of pipes, as 3 3, said pipes being preferably provided in their under sides with apertures The pipes I) are extended rearwardly under the seat 7 of the closet, said pipes being provided with branches -t at, terminating in crescent-shaped spreaders 8, supported at opposite sites of the openings The spreaders S are provided with narrow slots It) for the escape of heated air.

Each of the pipes 33 end with a slidable cylindrical cap or stop II, provided at its inner end with a plurality of apertures 12 and at its outer closed end with a handle 13, whereby it may be conveniently manipulated. The stops 1 I are made of such a length that when they are pushed into the pipes to the utmost limit, which is determined by flanges 1-t at the outer ends of said stops, the imperforate portions of said stops will be in registry with the apertures T. By partly witlulrawing the stops their inner perforated ends may be placed in registry with the apertures i, and by still further \vit-lulrawing the stops several of the apertures 11 may be disposed beyond the ends of the pipes 3.

A suitabl \,'-supportcd blowpipe I5 is connccted at its lower end with the heater and isprovided at its upper end with a mouthpiece 16, the arrangement being such that by blowing into the pipe through the mouthpiece the flame of the heater will be extinguished.

The operation and :ulvantages of this invention will readily appear from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the d rawings hereto annexed. By igniting the wick of the heater air passing upwardly through the cap will obviously be heated. By withdrawing any one of the stops 11 the heated air will pass th rough the perforated portion of said stop and through the pipe 33 and its branches, being finally discharged through the Spreaders 8. It is obvious that any desired number of pipes may be provided and that the steps of one or more of the pipes may be Withdrawn at the same time for operation. To prevent overheating of any one of the stops, it may be withdrawn until some of the perforations therein are disposed beyond the end of the pipe 3. as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, thus permitting cold air to enter-through said perforations and cooling the outer end of the stop. The heater may be very readily extinguished by means of the blow-pipe 15.

is provided at its front The device while extremely simple and easily operated is also promotive of comfort and sanitation. It may be installed at a trifling expense and is not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described the invention. what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a heater, a cap supported thereon said cap being open for the influx of air at its lower end and provided at its upper end with aperture, a conductingpipe provided in the side thereof with an opening surrounded by a flange engaging the aperture in the cap, and a tubular stop adjustable in the pipe.

2. In adevice of the class described, a heater, a cap supported thereon, said cap beingopen for the influx of air, a conducting-pipe connected with said cap and having terminal branches, and crescent-shaped spreaders supported by said branches.

3. In a device of the class described,a heater, a cap supported thereon, said cap beingopen for the influx of air, a conducting-pipe connected with said cap, spreaders connected with said conducting-pipe,and means for regulating the passage of air from the cap through the conducting-pipe.

at. Inadevice of the class described, aheater, a cap supported thereon and having an opening at the apex thereof, a conductingpipe connected with said opening, said pipe being open at its front end, and a cylindrical stop adjustable in said pipe, said stop being provided at its inner end with a plurality of apertures.

5. In adevice of the class described, the combination with a cap constituting allot-air chamber, of a conducting-pipe connected with said chamber and having an open-front end, anda tubular stop adjustable in said open-ended pipe; said stop being closed at its outer end and provided at its inner end with a plurality of perforations.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a conducting pipe having branches, of crescent-shaped spreaders carried by said branches and provided with narrow slots in their concaved sides.

7. In a device of the class described, aheater, such as a lam p-stove, a cap supported upon said heater and open at itslower end for theinflux of air,conducting-pipes connected with said cap and terminating in branches carrying spreaders, and a suitably-supported blowpipe connected with the heater and provided with a mouthpiece, said blowpipe constituting means whereby the flame of the heater may be extinguished.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EMMET O. REED.

Witncssei M. W. Aoxnn, I-IUBERT BEVINS. 

